I think that is really cool and I obviously will make sure not to put her in any position that she is uncomfortable with.

Heh. That's the opposite of what I do. I ask my training partners to keep trying to put me in the positions I feel most uncomfortable with.

Derek, I'm gonna quote your CF post here just for fun. I've asked this question in a lot of places and I'm going to compile all the responses and see if I can find a way to work it into my program... It'll be the cardio element of my program (throwing in some boxing and Thai kicks too) so I'm going to try to come up with 4 or 5 different circuits to switch between which incorporate the majority of the suggestions. (I still can't do PU's or HSPU's so my jumping pu's are more like skill work with long rests in between, so what I come up with will be a "beginner" version, but maybe I'll post it anyway.)

For now just working shrimping and working circles with my legs/hips to practice getting around in open guard...

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Yael,

I have really been focusing on exactly what you are asking. You might have read my two threads on PM about building strength and not gassing.

Here are the things that I have put together in the last couple of months.

I bought Stephan Kesting's Grappling Drills video. http://www.grapplearts.com/Grappling...-Info.php?sid= Work and Family Safe. There is a lot of really great drills on this video. I travel a lot so I usually am on the mat only 2 or 3 times a week. I bought this video so that I could work some of the solo drills while I am traveling.

I also have put together several exercises that I think have direct carryover to BJJ. Here are the exercises and any thoughts I have about the carryover.

Kipping P/U's. I am working really hard on this and I think that the hip movement has direct carryover to the upa escape.

Weighted P/U's with alternating grips and weighted dips. I do these to build my limit strength. In class last week a guy I was rolling with said that I have the strongest grip in class, not my hands but when I have my arms wrapped around him. He wanted to know what I did for a living to have that tight of a grip and I laughed and told him I sit in front of a computer. I did tell him that I think it is from the P/U's.

I have altered up some of the traditional crossfit workouts. Here are the variations that I am currently working

21-15-9 reps of:
185 pound Snatch Grip Deadlift on a 5 inch box (courtesy of the infamous Chico thread)
Handstand push-ups
This works the entire body in ways I wouldn't have imagined. After doing this my entire back and shoulder area is on fire.

"Fight Gone Bad!"

Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)
Box Jump, 20" box (Reps)
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)
Row (Calories)
Warrior Pushups (Reps)
The idea here is I wanted 6 minute rounds since that is how long we grapple for. You could add in any exercise at the end that you like.

For time:
Row 1000 meters
Body weight Bench press, 30 reps
Row 1000 meters
Body weight Bench squat, 30 reps
Row 1000 meters
Body weight deadlift, 30 reps
I like this one because it takes me right at 4 minutes to row 1000 meters and about 2 - 3 minutes for each of the lifting exercises. I look at each variation as a round and try to get as close to 6 minutes as I can. On the deadlift I can get under 6 minutes but not on the others yet.

Interval rowing. I row 6 minute rounds at the highest intensity I can maintain for 6 minutes at a time with a 1 minute break. My goal each time is at least 1500 meters and I score myself by how many meters over 1500 I get each time.

I have been working several different variations on situps. One I have been doing is I wrap my legs around a muay thai bag so that it is like I have someone in my closed guard and I explode up, twist and plant one of my hands on the ground behind me like I am going to attempt a sweep. I lay back down and repeat to the other side. I really work on doing this explosively.

Sorry for the long reply but I have been thinking about this a lot lately.